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Students urge restoration of CalFood funding, say cuts risk food security and degree progress
Summary
Multiple students and campus leaders told the Assembly subcommittee Wednesday that cuts to CalFood (campus food pantry funding) would harm students’ basic needs and delay graduation. Speakers urged restoring funding to prior levels—testimony noted a previous average of about $62.7 million per year and asked for at least $60 million ongoing.
Dozens of students and campus officials who addressed the Assembly’s Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Wednesday urged lawmakers to restore previous funding levels for campus food‑assistance programs commonly referred to in testimony as CalFood.
Speakers from the University of California, Riverside and other campuses described widespread food insecurity among college students and said deep cuts in the governor’s proposal would undermine students’ ability to remain in school and graduate. "Food security is student…
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